San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-06-22

THE WIrCI III Vt.
On rcaCnju., our Aut mutInnrd to Infa.
docs 10 cnIrl with us.
Now, Inra,lo,s." | said, 1--WE would
speak with thee
"Lt my TORT, say on"
at seems to lis, lnl,uio - that Twala, the
king. is Il cru i man.
at is So my ioris. Alas! the land erie
out with Ia, crU'tIrS. To.ui ,!t We Will see
1t is the gr.J; witr'i nGnI, .ud mluy will he
smcllcd out is wizards and slam. No man:
life is safe. II the king rov"tS man cat.
tie, ur Il mans lite, "r if he Tears a man that
lie should excite a rchriu"n against him
then Gagool, whom yc saw. or some of the
witch finding women whom she has taught,
will smell that man out rs "A wizard, and he
will be killed. Many will die before the
moon grows pale Tonight. 1t is ever 50.
Perhaps | shall he killed. As yet | have
been spared, because | am skilled III war.
and beloved by the soldiers; but know not
how long shall live. The land groans ~
the crucltir5 of 'rwala, tn" king; it is wearicJ
of him and his red walS.'
''rhen why is it, lnradoOs, that the people
do not cast him down.
Nay, my lords, he is the king, and ii he
were killed Srrl!g.l would reign in his place,
and the heart of Scragga is b!arkcr tnan the
heart OF TwaIa, hi, father. If Scrl@LI were
king the yoke upon our neck would be- hCav-
Ter than the yoke Oi rwala. If lmptu had
never been slain. or if IgnOsi, his son had
lived, it had been otherwise; but they are
both dead"
"llow know you that lgnDSi is dealt" said
voice behind Us. We looked round with
establishment to see who spoke. 1t was UNI
bOpa.
What meane,t thou, boy?" asked Imfa-
docs; ''who toll thee to Sp1aH!'
Listen lnfadno,,' was the answer, land
| will tell thee story. Years ago the KIM
lmOtu was killed in thus country, and his
wife fled with the boy Ignosi. Is it not So?'
at is So"
at was said that the woman and the boy
died upon the mountains. Is itmot 50.
at is even SO.'
WELL it came to pass that the mother and
the boy lgnO,i did not die. They crossed
the mountains. and were Ird by tribe of
wandering desert men arr,,ss the sands b.
You'd, till at last the; came to water and
grass aud trees AGAIN.
"llOw knOwpSt tnuu tat?'
"LIStcn. They Travelled on and on. many
months journey, till they reached land
where a people called the AmazuIu. who
too are OF the Kukugna stuck live 10y war.
and with them they tarri'L many years, till
at length the mother died. Then the SON.
IgnOSi, agan became a wandrrcr, and went
on into Il land of wonders, where white peO-
pie live. and for many more Years learned
the wisdom of the white people"
1T is Il pretty story" said ImfadOos, in
credulOuSly.
For many years he lived there working as
a servant and 4 soldier. but holding in his
heart all that his mother had told him Of his
own place, AMI casting about in his mind to
find how he might %"i back to see his own
people and his father ho!ISc before he died.
For many years he lived and waited, an at
last the time came, aS il ever comes 10 Inn
who can wait for it, and he met some White
men who would seek this unknown laud,
and Joined himself to them. The whit" men
started and journclcd OIL and on SIC ing
for one who is lost. They crossed tnv hmm
ing desert they crossed the smow-s.Iad moan
taims, and reached the land of the kuhuHuls,
and there they met thee, 0 Inladoo,!"
"Surrly thou are mad to talk thus, said
the Hstonshed old soldier.
"rhou thmkcst 50: src, will show thee,
oh, NV uncle. am lgmOsi rightful king of
the KuEIlma5I'
Then with single motion he sipp',i IF
the 'moocha' or ~ir,lle around his middle
and StoO naked before us.
"Lonk," he said; what is this?' and he
pointed to the mark Of a great SNAKE, tat
toot,l in blue round his middle, its tail dis
appearing in its open mouth just above
whcr' tac THIGHS are set into the body.
In udnoI looked. his eyes starting nearly
out 81 his hraI, and then tell upon his knees
"hopm! Kynn| he calculated; at is my
brothers son; it i, the king"
Did not tell thee 50, my uncle? Rise;
an NOT yet the king but with thy help and
with ti,.' help of these brave white men. vino
are m, friends, Shall be. But the Old wO-
man tilcnOl was right, the land shall run
with blood first and hers shall run with il.
few she Killed my father with her words, all
irovr my mother forth. And now. Infa.
Ioos. choose thou. wit thou put thy hands
betty vm nv hands and be my man? wiz
thou sn re the dangers that Ii" before He,
10 overthrow this tyrant and murderer, OF
wilt thou not? Choose thou"
Tine old man put his iaud h. his head and
thought Then he rose, and advancing to
where UmbGp', or rather lgnOsi, stood, knclt
before him amt took his hand.
"lgnosi, rightiul king OF the Kukuanas, !
put my hand between thy hands, and am thy
man till death. When thou vast babe
handled thee upon my knee, now shall my
old arm strike for thee and freedom"
at is well, lnfadOos; if | conquer, thou
shalt be the greatest man in the kingdom